Third person singular present tense of gravitate: moves or is attracted toward something, or naturally drifts in a particular direction.
From 'gravitate' (itself from 'gravity' plus '-ate'), conjugated in the present tense for third person singular subjects. The concept emerged from physics terminology.
The verb 'gravitates' works beautifully for describing social behavior—people 'gravitate' toward friends, ideas 'gravitate' toward simplicity, showing how a physics term became perfect for describing natural human and intellectual attraction.
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